Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

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success. The result is the three
brothers are all badly injured and
that Ira is not expected to live,
having been struck over the head
with piece of iron, the blow frac.
turing his skull
BETWEEN fifty and sixty, includ-
ing the band, went from here last
Friday to participate in the recep-
ton at Madison to the President
and his wife All are unanimous in
the grandeur of the occasion. 1t is
estimated that 25,o0o were present
to honor the chief and his amiable
consort. From general appearances
the people of the country are eager
to embrace the first and probably
last chance to see a real live Demo
cratic President. Madison did honor
to herself in the way of decoraiio..
and entertaining 1t is thought by
many that she outdid all other points
where the President has visited.
SOME of our readers who are in
vesting their money IN Louisiana
Lottery tickets may be interested in
learning that one of Beauregard's
old soldiers recently sent him a
dollar and requested him to send a
lottery ticket which would win a
big prize. He said, 81 was always
at my post and never disobeyed
orders. | came out of the war with
out clothes enough to wad a shot
gun" The general answered: "My
dear comrade, | send you a ticket
that hope will draw a prize, and
beg leave to give the following ad.
vice, if you stick to the Louisiana
lottery for four years as faithfully
as you did to the southern confed-
eracy you will not have clothes
enough to wad a pop-gun."
SAYS an exchange with truth:
"Ihe man who handles the local de-
partment Of a newspaper learns,
after due experience, not to expect
even briefly expressed thanks for
column Of pleasant things; but he
knoweth as surely as cometh the
winter, that line in which there is
a single unintentiona misrepresen-
tatiOn, will canse someone to be
heard from as on a housetop." And |
we may add that when he has made |
pleasant mention 900 times of some
person, place or thing, and on the
thousandth occasion fails to do SO,
he must not hope to be forgiven.
The omission may have been from
accident, lnadvertance, or even from
an entire lack of knowledge, it mat
ters not, the simple fact remains and
he will be judged by that fact.
Hon. J. w. REwEY, Of Rewey, in
this county, has been appointed by
the Farm Committee of TIE Board
of Regents as one of the conductors
of Farmers Institutes for the com
ing fall and winter, and will discuss
the subjects Of "Ihe Revenues Of
the State, Who Pays Them, and
w hat Becomes Of the Taxes We
Pays" "Why the Boy Leaves the
Farm, and His Education;" "The
Business Farmer" The work of
the institutes commences Nov. LIST,
at St Croix. and closes March 10Th,
at Madison. During the institute
season there will be 81 held in the
state, the one at DodgeviIle taking
place on the 18th and 18th Of Janu-
airy, and at Mineral Point January
18th aud 18th. At each institute J
A. Smith, John Gould or G. F. Cur.
tis will churn, work and pack butter
and explain in detail how the beet
quality is made.
iowa County asylum
The first results Of the building Of
the Iowa county insane asylum are
now about to be realized. The fs-
cal year ended Sept 30, aud Mr. f.
J. Perkins, superintendent of the
asylum, has just completed aud
sent in his first annual report The
suuprinfpndpnt ia rpouirpd fo make